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FCP Rendering
Hello,
First I want to thank you guys cause you have all saved me numerous times from a splitting headache trying to figure out how to do things I was not sure of.
Now on to the problem.
I need FCP to render faster. I am working on a Mac Pro 2.26 GHZ quad-Core Intel Xeon with 6 GB 1066 MHZ DDR3 ram and 2 Nvidia GeForce GT 120 video cards.
My problem is I am rendering out a total of 25 30 min broadcast shows to send to numerous different stations and each 30 min show takes approx 2 – 5 hrs (depending on the delivery format ProRes-H.264)
Is there a hardware upgrade that will cut down the render times? If so what is it… Cost is not to much of an issue I just need to know. Does an AJA or BlackMagic card help with this?
Also I am Coming out of a system with MPG2 and then converting to Pro Res so I can edit quicker in FCP…. Is there a workflow that will cut or kill that render time? I have been told there are ways to go from an SDI out on a Tricaster into a PRO RES box? Not sure what that is.
Timothy Gaer
http://www.timothygaer.com
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3014735/
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just work in prores on everything.
export each show then use compressor with virtual clustering turned on
to convert it to its delivery format.that will speed things WAY up.
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So there is no hardware solution to this? Most other companies around here are using Black Magic cards and similar things on their machines…..
Timothy Gaer
http://www.timothygaer.com
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3014735/
Everything will be MacTastic -
Firstly if you need to speed up the ProRes final to H264, then export a self contained quicktime which is quick and then use Compressor to do the H264 and enable more cores by setting up a cluster in Qmaster.
Matrox also make an accelerator for H264. https://www.matrox.com/video/en/products/mac/compresshd/ . I think Elgato also makes an accelerator.
If you need to go to mpeg2 transport streams then there are many hardware encoders like Tricaster & Tandberg
https://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/mpeg-related-companies-and-organizations/mpeg-board-or-systems-manufacturers.htmlExpensive but excellent quality and real time.
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[Timothy Gaer] “I have been told there are ways to go from an SDI out on a Tricaster into a PRO RES box? Not sure what that is. “
Install a video I/O card like an AJA Kona or Blackmagic Decklink. You can then capture a live SDI stream to ProRes in realtime.
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I’m using one of the h.264 turbo HD USB dongles from Elgato for some h.264 renders. It’s been faster than cluster rendering on the MacPro 8 core machines. I’m just using referenced files instead of self contained. I supposed you could double up by using both a queue to the elgato and then another queue to a cluster for rendering.
Non-linear: all the time and nothing but.
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